Fishing reel



J. H. HAYES .FISHING REEL oct. 13, 1942.

Filed June 30, 1939 4 vSheets-Sheet l ATTORNE 0t.13,1942. 1 J'. H. HAYES2,298,481 f y FISHING REEL Filed June 5o, '1939 4 sheets-sheet 2 l* il.5-2- iii) v Q6 I 65 A v 'Y -lf--f v V l U E f Z0 INVENTOR H. HAYESATTORNEY o1.13,1942. H, HAYES 2,298,481

FISHING REEL Filed June 30, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR 0 JAMES H.HAYEs j ATTORNEY ou. 13, 1942. J. H. HAYES l 2,298,481

FISHING REEL Filed June 5o, 1959 4 sheets-sheet 4 A lNvENToR JAMES H.HAYES BYM ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 13,v 1942 vUNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE2,z9s,4s1

n insumo REEL James H. Hayes, New York, N. Y. Appui-,ation June 30,1939,semi No. 282,039 21 claims'. (ci. 24e-84.5)

This invention relates to fishing reels and particularly to that type ofreel which is adapted for salt water fishing, having the severalfeatures which adapt the reel for this type of shing together withadditional features and combinations as will be set out more fullyhereinafter.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a sturdier and moreeicient reel than has heretofore been available, especiallyv forwithstanding the very heavy strains imposed upon .a reel in deep seafishing. V- l,

Another object of the invention is to provide' an improved gear drivefor a reel in which the gears are constantly in mesh and are onlyrotated when drawing in the line.

A further object resides in the provision of a freely mounted reelarranged for self-centering upon ball bearings and to each end of whicha brake is appliedv whereby braking is effected evenly to both ends ofthe reel.

A still further object resides .in the provision of an improvedbrake-applyinglmechanism for a reel which serves to couple the reel tothe driving gears for advance of the reel.

A further object resides in the improved arrangement, of a spool holdingmechanism which consists of a double pawl and ratchet located one ateach end ofthe spool againstiwhich-the spool may be frictionally heldand the pressure on the spool thus equalized. These pawls'are locatedvnear the outer edge of the spool where the strain thereon is the least.Y y

show what is jnow considered ,to be preferred .embodiments of theinvention.

the lright in Fig. 1 showing the manner of secur- V ing the reel to therod.

view taken along the lines Fig. 3 is a sectional 3-3 of Fig. 1.

F1g.4 is a Seeheim view taken meng the unes' 4-4 of Fig. 1. v y

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the lines 5-5 -of Fig. l. s

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of one end of a modi-A ned arrangement.

A stm further object resides in the improved arrangement of brakingmechanism for the spool wherein the spool itself carries brakingelements and provision is made foreffecting automatic cooling ofthebraking surfaces.

Another'objectresides in the provision of an improved drive gearconstruction utilizingl compound bevel and ring gears to obtain adesired driving ratio between the reel and operating handle.

A still further object resides in a no-vel drive mechanism whichconsists of bevel and ring gearing supported in an external bearingwhich takes the load away from the central rod and also carries the loadof the spool when the latter is coupled to the drive mechanism.

y A further object resides in the provision of an improved dragmechanism for applying braking Fig. 7 is a' detail taken along lines'|-1 of Fig. 1. i

A Referring to Fig. 1, the reel mechanism is supported in a housingcomprising end sections II and I2 integrally connected by cross memberI3. Secured within a circular recess I4 of end section I2 and abutting ashoulder I5 is the race I6 of a double bearing from which'is spaced the-outer race I'I of the bearing and the inner race I8, sets of balls|9`and 20 maintaining the spacing of the outer andinner racesrespectively. Spacers 2| maintain balls I9 and 20 in position around theouter peripheries of their respective races.

The outer race II is secured to a disc 22 and the inner race I8 issecured to a disc 23, which discs are tied together in-thefollowingmanner.

A sleeve 24 has a section of reduced diameter extending through acentral opening in disc22- and secured to the disc by a lock nut 25. Theopposite end of sleeve 24 has a flanged head 26 between which and'disc23 is a thrust bearing 21. By tightening nut 25, the parts are drawntogether as shown in Fig. -1 permitting each disc 22 and 23 to rotatefreely upon the iixed race I6;

Extending outwardly from disc 22 and securely threaded therein is a stud28 whose .outer end carries a handle 29 mounted so as to be| freelyrotatable on the stud. By meansr of the handle 29 disc 22 may be rotatedin a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 2. To the inner surface ofdisc 221s secured a ring gear 30, which when the disc 22 is rotated byhandle 29 will causev l 4`rotation of each of a pair of bevel pinions3|.

gear 32 of larger diameter, and a pivoted stem :In the drawings which byWay of illustration Each pinion 3| has rintegral therewith a bevel 33.'I'he outer end of stem I3 is rotatable in a sleeve I4 threaded in asuitable lopening in the' end section I2 which constrains the stemagainst rotation about the center of the reel.` Threaded into sleeve 34is a screw 35 to maintain the stem in position by bearing against theouter extremity thereof.

The inner end of stem 33 is `supported in a suitable opening in a splitblock 35, which block is freely mounted about sleeve 24 and supported bythrust bearings 31 and 38 located at either side of the block. By meansof this construction, block 55 is ln effect held integral with the raceI and end section I2.

Both bevel gears 32 mesh with a ring gear 35.`

secured to the inner disc 23. With the reel housing held stationary,handle 29 when turned about the axis of the reel will rotate disc 22whose ring gar 30 will cause rotation of pinlons 3l with their stems 33.As a result, lbevel gear 32 will rotate ring gear 35 and its disc 23 inthe opposite direction to the rotation of disc 22 and at a greater speeddepending on the ratio between pinion 3I and gear 32. Y y

Disc 23 is provided with ratchet teeth 45 (E18. 7) which are engageableby a ratchet pawl 4I pivoted to the end section I2 at 42 and urged intoengagement with teeth 40 by a leaf spring 43. The disc 23 can thereforerotate in only one direction which is counterclockwi'se as viewed inFig. 7.

At the other end of the reel, within end section II is secured a bearingrace 44 which through roller bearings 45 spaced in a circle supports aninner race 45 secured to a member 41 which is mounted for movement oftranslation in the di' rection of the axis of the reel, the rollerbearings 45 being arranged to permit such movement. Member 41 is alsoprovided with ratchet teeth 45 with which a spring pressed pawl 45pivoted at 50 to end Asection II .cooperates to restrain the meinberagainst clockwise movement.

At its center, member 41 carries a ball bearing 5I which is locked toone end of a rod 52 by being clamped between a shoulder 53 of enlargeddiameter of the rod and a nut 54, so that if the rod 52 is moved axiallythe member 41 will move likewise therewith. It will be noted that pawl45 is of suilicient width to permit movement of member, 41 to the leftas viewed in Fig. 1, while maintaining teeth 45 in cooperation with thepawl.

Located centrally between disc 23 and member 41 is the spool 55 which isfreely rotatablecn a pair of ball bearings 55 spaced on rod 52 by asleeve 51. A pair of balanced springs 55 at each side of bearings 55serve to normally hold the spool 55 in the central position shown inFig. 1 wherein it is entirely free to rotate.

The l'eft hand end, of rod 52 has threaded thereon a block 55 and a locknut 55. The blockin a direction Ato move the member toward knob.

25, spring 52 will rock counterclockwise as viewed in Fig. 1 about itsrounded end as a pivot and its curved surface will bear against the leftside of i the opening' 5I in block 55to urge the block and with it thema s2 toward the left, with' thefresult that member 41 is drawntherewith in the same direction.

The inner face of member 41 has secured thereto a braking ring 55 whichis engageablel with a companion braking ring. 51 secured to spool 55. Inlike manner, the inner face of disc -that rotation of disc V22 throughhandle 25 will 'cause the-spool 55 to turn at a greater rate in4accordance with the ratio of the gearing 30, 3I, 32 and 35.

When a "free spool is desired, it is simply necessary to release knobbedmember 54 whereupon the parts will take the relative'positions shown inFig. 1. In operation, the line is cast with the spool in free spoolcondition and then member 54 is adjusted to obtain the desiredamount ofdrag on the spool. This is etlected by bringing the braking rings intoengagement with one another with less than locking contact and so thatthe spool can slip slightly while the ratchet pawls 45 and 45 lock the4disc 23 and member 41 against rotation in the direction of pull of theline. To draw the line in, a slight additional adjustment of member 54will lock the spool 55 to the positively driven disc 23.

The anges of spool 55 are provided with a plurality of recesses 15located in line with the braking rings 51 and 55 into which recesseswater will flow as the line is drawn in, and will -aid in cooling thebraking rings.

Referring now to Fig.- 4, the cross member I3 `hook 13 partiallyencircles the rod 15 and a turnbckle 55 connects the two hooks together.By adjusting t he.t1.1rnbucklel 55 the pot plate 13 and through it thehousing of the reel is securely held on the rod' 15. y

It may be observed that the pairs of braking rings 55. 51 and 55,55 areopposltely inclined so that, when the spool 55 is in locked" condition,the load is taken by the discs 23 and 41 and such load is not `directlyborne by the central rod 52. Further, the load is also taken by thepawls 45 and 45 at the circumference of discs 23' and 41, which pawlsarea at a greater distance from the center of rotation and beyond thebraking surfaces thereby aifording a more eillcient stop. as well asequalizing the strain on the spool.

Sultably' configured cover plates generally Vdesignated 5I for the lefthand end and 5I' for other race |54 is recessed in end section I2a lnthe same'manner as the corresponding parts in the embodiment of Fig. 1.Race I5a is,held in position lby a plate 55 attached to section I2a,which .plate is provided withl a boss 5I upon vin the opposite directionthe' a bearing is provided for each-f' 2,298,481 which is' pivoted nbevel pinion am meshing with t ring gear 38a of disc 23a. At the outerside of plate 90 is disc 22a through which extends asection of reduceddiameter of sleeve 24a. Y

Secured to disc 22a is a hub 92 against which a collar 25a on sleeve 24abears. Along sleeve 24d" are bearings 93 which space discs 22a and A23aand the flanged ihead` of 4the sleeve and maintain this spacedrelationship. Disc 22a also has secured to its inner face a ring gearmeshing with pinion 3|a so that as disc Mais rotated by means of handle29a, disc 23a will be rotated at the same Y speed but in the oppositedirection, the whole moving assemblage rotating on the balls 20a of thelarge bearing. Y'

Hubs! is threaded internallyv to receive-a member 64a.' vhaving knobs"a, 'I'he end of rod "d has secured thereto a collar 59a between whichand the inner face of member 64a is disposed a cupped spring 62a formedto provide a plurality of spring blades urging collar 59a away from thedriving relationship. y

for locking ring gears and gear structure in 4. I'he invention set forthin claim 1 in which the spool .is slidably mounted for movement in thedirection .of the reel axis and the means for causing frictionalengagement comprises means for moving the spool into. engagement withthe said second ringgear.

f panion races, one at each side of said fixed race 5. In a fishingreel, -a` reel housing having a circular opening in one end, abearingvrace fitted and secured within said open end, a pair of com--and arranged Ato rotate-upon said fixed race, a

inner face of member 64a.- By turning memberv 84a in one direction, rod52a is urged to the left as viewed in Fig. ,6, through the intermediaryspring 62a to apply the desired degree of pressure on the spool 55a andby turning member 4a released.

The arrangement shown in Fig. 6 obtains the same results as the mainembodiment with fewer` parts and provides a lighter weight reel for usewhere such is desirable.

Whilev there has vbeen shown'and described and pressure or drag is I.supporting said spool, a pair of discs one at-each v end of said'spool,a-reel housing, said discs-being mounted for rotation in said housingand' A said rod being `supported in said discs, manual pointed out thefundamental novel features of the.-

invention as applied to the preferred modica--.

tion, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions andchanges form and- Y' details of the devices' illustrated and operationmay be made by those skilled in art without departing from the spirit-ofthe invention. It is the intention therefore to belimited onlyasindicated by the scope 'of the following claims.

1. In a fishing reel, a reel housing, a gear structure mounted in saidhousing for rotation on an axis transverse to the axis of the reelhousing, a.l ring gear concentric with the reel axis and meshing withsaid gear structure, a second ringgear concentric with the reel axis andmeshing with said gear structure, said `ring gears being ara spoolcoaxial with the reel housing and locatedV manually rotated disc tovlocktween. for rotation therewi vGil with .said teeth to prevent rotationpair of discs, one foreach of said companion races and Vintegraltherewith, meansfor tying said discs together along their common axis iwhile permitting each disc to rotate with its 'related race, a ring gear'carried'by-each disc, said ring gears facing one another, a gearstructure lying between said ring-gears and meshing with both, said gearsiucture being supported by and rotatable in said fixed race wherebyrotation of one d isc will cause rotation of the other disc in ltheopposite direction, a plurality of teeth ex- Atending'from the peripheryof one of said'dis'csl beyond the periphery of the-'related race, and apawl carried by said housing for engagement ofthe disc vin onedirection.

6. In a shingreel, a spool, ai rod normally means for-rotatingon'e ofsaid discs, and means for moving. the other of said `discs toward thethe spool therebeslidable on its rod. l

7. The invention set forth` in claim 6 in'which means is provided andoperative to normally maintain said spool centrally between said discsand out of engagement therewith.

'8. In anshing reel, a housing, a pair Aof-discs mounted for rotation insaid housing, a rodpassing centrally through one of the discs andsecured to the second disc, said rod being rotatable ranged on oppositesides of the gear structure,

adjacent to said s econd ring gear, means for,

causing frictional vengagement between' said spool and said second ringgear, and a handle `forsaid first ring gear whereby the same mayberotation of the second ring searand the connected spool in the oppositedirection. l

2. The invention set forth in claim 1 in` which said first namedringgear is largerin diameter than the second ring gear and in which saidrotated and through said gear structure cause gear structure comprises apair of coaxial bevel gears of different diameter, with the smallerbevel gear meshing with the said first ring gear and the larger bevelgear -meshing-with the said second lring gear whereby said spoolwiil-beldriven at a greater rate than the ilrst ring gear whenjthelatter is rotated b y said handle.

3. The invention set forth in claim 1 in which ring scar. each bearingbeing arrangedbeyond ithe outerdiameter of the related gear andcontactingthe reel housing to thereby support the gear. and meansTfr-the in the discs. a spool mounted on said rod and positioned betweenthe discs, means for eilecting` movement of the rod in the direction ofits axis tomoveA said second disc into engagement withthe spool and toin `turn move the spool into engagement with the first disc wherebybothdiscs and spool are rotatable as-a unit, and means for rotating `oneof`the discs.

9. The invention set forthin claim s in which the means'for moving therod comprises an adjustable'spring-mechanism for urging said discs andspool into engagement and with al variable ,l pressure.

10g-In a-nshing-reel, a housing, a gear ltrain -having at least one gearmountedvfor rotationv within one end of. said housing, a disc mountedfor rotation inthe opposite end of the housing,

a rod extending through said one gear `and secured to said disc, saidgearand disc serving to support the rod, a spool lying .intermediateVthe i gear train and disc', a member carried by another gear of saidgear-'train and cooperating' with said rodto draw thev disc toward thegear train "to Aclampthespool therebetween. and further manuallyadjustable means carried by said other gear to control the movement ofsaid member.

1I. The invention set forth in claim 10 in which member comprisesaspring element, pivoted h, said spool being I and away from themechanism to adiust the tension of the spring element.

12. In a shing reel, a housing, a spool freely mounted therein, a disclocated at one side of the spool, restrained against rotation in onedirection and against anis-l movement, asecond disc los cated at theother side of the spool, restrained l against rotation in one directionand slidable air-- ially, means for moving saidsecond .disc toward saidspool, means for ^maintaining said spool equidistant from'both discswhereby upon con tinued movement of said second disc the spool 'will beconcurrently lengaged by both discs and restrained thereby againstrotation. i

13. In a iishing reel, a housing', a spool mounted for rotation in saidhousing, a braking surface on one side of said spool and a ring ofindentations on the inner side of the spool adjacentto said brakingsurface to provide an area of reduced cross section whereby the moisturefrom the line will serve to cool said braking surface.

le. In a. fishing reel, a housing, a gear mechanism comprising a drivinggear, a driven gear and an intermediate pinion, said gears beingrotatable in said housing, a spool adjacent to said driven gear, a rodextending through said gears and spool, slidable to draw the spool anddriven gear together, apost extending from said driving gear formanually rotating the same, a wheel threaded on the post for movement inthe direction of the axis of said rod and a connection between saidwheel and rod for transmitting the movement of the wheel tothe rodwhereby the engagement of said spool and driven gear will be controlledby the wheel.

l5. In a iishing reel, a housing, a supporting rod in said housing. aspool freely rotatable on said rod and slidable coaxially thereon, adisc adjacent to one end of the spool, a second disc adjacent to theother end of the spool, said discs being coaxial with the spool, aspring between each disc and the adjacent end of the spool to normallymaintain the spool centrally between the discs, means for rotatingorio-of the discs, and means to move the discs together, said springsserving to keep the spool centralized until engaged by both discs.

16. In a fishing reel, a housing, a pair of coaxial discs directlysupported by and rotatably mounted in opposite ends of said housing, arod c extending between said discs, said rod being supported thereby andsecured to one of them, Aa spool on said rod between the discs, abraking surface at each end o the S9001. said surfaces being' of likearca, a related braking surface on each disc, said related pairs oibraking surfaces being inclined toward the axis of the rod, inopmunicated to the housing et a point beyond the posite directions,- andmeans for moving the rod and connected disc toward the other disc tocause engagement of the pairs of braking surfaces,

whereby the said inclined surfaces will solely sustain the spool andreceive the strain on the line.

1'?. In a fishing reel, a housing. a pair of colever.

said discs and coaxial therewith, a braking sur face at each end of thespool, a related braking surface on each disc, said related pairs ofbraking surfaces being inclined toward the axis of the spool, inopposite directions, and means for moving one oi the discs toward theother to cause engagement of the pairs of braking wrfaces, whereby thesaid inclined surfaces will solely sustain the spool and receive thestrain on the line.

18. In a fishing reel, a housing having a circuler opening therein,'apair of gears rotatable within and bearing against the periphery of saidopening, `a spacer to hold the gears apart, a sleeve extending throughboth gears with means to lock the gears in their spaced position withinthe opening, an idler gear between said pair of gears to communicatemovement oi one to the other, a spool adjacent to one of the goers,means for rotating the other gear, and means for urging the spoolagainst the first gear whereby rotation oi the second gear will, throughthe idler, drive the first gear and the latter will irictionally drivethe spool.

19. In a fishing reel, a housing, a gear in said housing on a bearingsurface'of the housing beyond the pitch circle of the gear, s. discdirectly supported by and rotatable in said housing. a yspool mountedfor rotation between said gear and said disc, friction surfaces on sa'idspool forfengagement with said gear and said disc, means for rotatingthe gear and variable adjustable means for effecting relative axialmovement of said gear, disc and spool to bring the same into said twogears, pivoted in said housing.- a spool' mounted iu said housingadjacent to one of said pair of gems and coaxial therewith, said spoolbeingireely rotatable in the housing, means for moving the spool intoengagement with the adjacent. gear, means for rotating the other gear ofsaid pair o.' gears whereby the spool will be 'rot-ated, with any thruston the gear being compitch circle of the gears.

2l. In a fishing reel having o housing, a gear mounted for rotation insaid, housing, a spool ooaxial with saide'em, and an arially movable rodextending through the gear and spool. means carried by said rod andengaging said spool to urge the spool toward the gear upon motion ofsaid rod in one` direction, in combination with a handlencarrying poston the near, e. member axlolly movable on the post and a spring leverplvoted on said member at one point, bearing at another point on thegear and connected to the rod at a third point whereby axial movement ofthe member will move the rod ythrough the spring JAMH H. HAYES.

